Denton, Texas
Cole Ranch, Denton
A 3,100-acre Johnson Development master plan west of I-35W in Denton, with about 4,365 homes planned and sales expected in 2027.
Inside Cole Ranch
Cole Ranch is a 3,100-acre master plan west of I-35W in southwest Denton, on land M.T. Cole bought in the 1930s and ran as a working ranch. Johnson Development, the company behind Trinity Falls in McKinney, announced in October 2025 that it will build about 4,365 single-family homes here with the Cole family and Denton Range LLC. Plans keep more than 1,200 acres as green space with over 26 miles of trails along Hickory Creek, and home sales are expected to open in 2027.
The lesson here is that early buyers in a new master plan are buying a plan, not a finished place. Cole Ranch reserves 206 acres for four Denton ISD schools, but the first families will likely attend existing campuses until those are built. I help buyers track the first builder releases, the municipal management district rate the city approved for this land, and which amenities are promised for phase one versus later phases, so you know exactly what you are paying for on day one.
Around Cole Ranch
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. West Denton Historic District: Renegomezphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Downtown Denton: Steven Wagner from Fort Worth, Texas, United States, CC BY 2.0 · University of North Texas: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Two amenity centers (planned), 50-acre city park (planned), 26+ miles of trails, including wooded areas along Hickory Creek, 32-acre waterway and a 13-acre historic lake built by M.T. Cole, 156 acres of commercial and a 55-acre business park
Cole Ranch lies west of I-35W in southwest Denton, part of a corridor of about 6,300 acres between Robson Ranch and FM 2449 that it shares with Hillwood's Landmark (the former Hunter Ranch).
The Denton Record-Chronicle reported in 2021 that Cole Ranch and the former Hunter Ranch are governed by municipal management districts that can levy a tax to repay infrastructure. Once lots are released, I pull the district rate along with city, county and Denton ISD rates so you see the full cost.
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- Builder: Johnson Development to transform Texas' Cole Ranch into 4,365-home MPC (Oct 2025)
- Johnson Development: Cole Ranch
- Denton Record-Chronicle: Hunter, Cole construction could begin next year (June 2021)
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